GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| homily | a usually short sermon |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| zephyr | a breeze from the west |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |
| apiarist | beekeeper |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| consort | associate |